updated gallery

app/Chat.php

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class Chat
 
         echo '<div class="row well">';
         if (!empty($_SESSION['web_login']['status'])) {
-            echo '<form action="' . htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '" method="post">';
+            echo '<form action="' . htmlspecialchars(route('community.chat'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '" method="post">';
+            echo csrf_field();
             echo '<div class="col-sm-10">';
             echo '<input type="text" class="form-control" id="chat_txt" name="chat_txt" value="">';
             echo '</div>';

app/Http/Controllers/Legacy/TodayDownloadsController.php

@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ class TodayDownloadsController extends Controller
 
         $page_title = 'Today Downloaded Artworks';
 
-        return view('legacy::browse', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
+        return view('web.downloads.today', ['page_title' => $page_title, 'artworks' => $paginator]);
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/News/NewsController.php

@@ -35,21 +35,10 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
         }
 
         $articles   = $query->paginate($perPage);
-        $categories = NewsCategory::active()->withCount('publishedArticles')->ordered()->get();
-        $trending   = NewsArticle::published()
-            ->orderByDesc('views')
-            ->limit(config('news.trending_limit', 5))
-            ->get(['id', 'title', 'slug', 'views', 'published_at']);
-
-        $tags = NewsTag::has('articles')->orderBy('name')->get();
-
         return view('news.index', [
             'featured'   => $featured,
             'articles'   => $articles,
-            'categories' => $categories,
-            'trending'   => $trending,
-            'tags'       => $tags,
-        ]);
+        ] + $this->sidebarData());
     }
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -67,13 +56,10 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
             ->orderByDesc('published_at')
             ->paginate($perPage);
 
-        $categories = NewsCategory::active()->withCount('publishedArticles')->ordered()->get();
-
         return view('news.category', [
             'category'   => $category,
             'articles'   => $articles,
-            'categories' => $categories,
-        ]);
+        ] + $this->sidebarData());
     }
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -91,13 +77,10 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
             ->orderByDesc('published_at')
             ->paginate($perPage);
 
-        $categories = NewsCategory::active()->withCount('publishedArticles')->ordered()->get();
-
         return view('news.tag', [
             'tag'        => $tag,
             'articles'   => $articles,
-            'categories' => $categories,
-        ]);
+        ] + $this->sidebarData());
     }
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -126,7 +109,7 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
         return view('news.show', [
             'article' => $article,
             'related' => $related,
-        ]);
+        ] + $this->sidebarData());
     }
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -154,4 +137,16 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
 
         $request->session()->put($session, true);
     }
+
+    private function sidebarData(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'categories' => NewsCategory::active()->withCount('publishedArticles')->ordered()->get(),
+            'trending' => NewsArticle::published()
+                ->orderByDesc('views')
+                ->limit(config('news.trending_limit', 5))
+                ->get(['id', 'title', 'slug', 'views', 'published_at']),
+            'tags' => NewsTag::has('articles')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+        ];
+    }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/StoryController.php

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ class StoryController extends Controller
             'page_meta_description' => 'Long-form creator stories, tutorials, interviews and project breakdowns on Skinbase.',
             'page_canonical' => route('stories.index'),
             'page_robots' => 'index,follow',
+            'breadcrumbs' => collect([
+                (object) ['name' => 'Stories', 'url' => route('stories.index')],
+            ]),
         ]);
     }
 

app/Http/Controllers/User/TopAuthorsController.php

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use App\Models\Artwork;
-use App\Models\ArtworkStats;
-use App\Models\User;
 
 class TopAuthorsController extends Controller
 {
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ class TopAuthorsController extends Controller
             ];
         });
 
-        $page_title = 'Top Authors';
+        $page_title = 'Top Creators';
 
         return view('web.authors.top', compact('page_title', 'authors', 'metric'));
     }

app/Services/ArtworkService.php

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class ArtworkService
                 $q->where('af.type', $type);
             })
             ->with([
-                'user:id,name',
+                'user:id,name,username',
                 'categories' => function ($q) {
                     $q->select('categories.id', 'categories.content_type_id', 'categories.parent_id', 'categories.name', 'categories.slug', 'categories.sort_order');
                 },

app/Services/TagService.php

@@ -254,8 +254,25 @@ final class TagService
 
     public function updateUsageCount(Tag $tag): void
     {
+        $this->syncUsageCount($tag);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recalculate and persist the real usage_count from artwork_tag.
+     *
+     * @return array{before:int, after:int, changed:bool}
+     */
+    public function syncUsageCount(Tag $tag): array
+    {
+        $before = (int) $tag->usage_count;
         $count = (int) DB::table('artwork_tag')->where('tag_id', $tag->id)->count();
         $tag->forceFill(['usage_count' => $count])->save();
+
+        return [
+            'before' => $before,
+            'after' => $count,
+            'changed' => $before !== $count,
+        ];
     }
 
     /**

app/Support/AvatarUrl.php

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class AvatarUrl
         $diskPath = sprintf('avatars/%s/%s/%s/%d.webp', $p1, $p2, $avatarHash, $size);
 
         // Always use CDN-hosted avatar files.
-        return sprintf('%s/avatars/%s/%s/%s/%d.webp?v=%s', $base, $p1, $p2, $avatarHash, $size, $avatarHash);
+        //return sprintf('%s/avatars/%s/%s/%s/%d.webp?v=%s', $base, $p1, $p2, $avatarHash, $size, $avatarHash);
+        return sprintf('%s/avatars/%s/%s/%s/%d.webp', $base, $p1, $p2, $avatarHash, $size);
     }
 
     public static function default(): string